San Francisco, California – (The Hosting News) – January 28, 2009 – Owner and manager of corporate data centers and Internet gateways, Digital Realty Trust, Inc., has reported the tax treatment of its 2008 common and preferred stock dividends.

The 2008 common dividend of $1.2400 per share includes one quarterly distribution declared in 2007 and paid in 2008 and three quarterly distributions declared and paid in 2008. For tax reporting purposes, $1.240000 (100%) of the 2008 common dividend will be classified as ordinary taxable income on the 2008 Form 1099-DIV.

During 2008, reportable dividends for Digital Realty’s Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred stock were $2.125000 per share. For tax reporting purposes, $2.125000 (100%) of the 2008 reportable dividend will be classified as ordinary taxable income.

During 2008:

Reportable dividends for Digital Realty’s Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred stock were $1.968752 per share. For tax reporting purposes, $1.968752 (100%) of the 2008 reportable dividend will be classified as ordinary taxable income.

Reportable dividends for Digital Realty’s Series C Cumulative Convertible Preferred stock were $1.093752 per share. For tax reporting purposes, $1.093752 (100%) of the 2008 reportable dividend will be classified as ordinary taxable income.

Reportable dividends for Digital Realty’s Series D Cumulative Convertible Preferred stock were $1.241319 per share. For tax reporting purposes, $1.241319 (100%) of the 2008 reportable dividend will be classified as ordinary taxable income.

Digital Realty Trust, Inc. owns, acquires, redevelops, develops and manages technology-related real estate. The Company is focused on providing Turn-Key Datacentre(TM) and Powered Base Building datacentre solutions for domestic and international tenants across a variety of industry verticals ranging from information technology and internet enterprises, to manufacturing and financial services. Digital Realty Trust’s 74 properties, excluding one property held as an investment in an unconsolidated joint venture, contain applications and operations critical to the day-to-day operations of technology industry tenants and corporate enterprise datacentre tenants. Comprising approximately 1.2 million rentable square metres (12.9 million rentable square feet). Digital Realty Trust’s portfolio is located in 27 markets throughout North America and Europe.

To learn more, please visit: www.digitalrealtytrust.com.

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